| Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1945:219 |
| Site: | DEGAS |
| Discovery: | recognised, 1847 Windele, J. |
| History: | Macalister/1945, 213, notes that the stone was first discovered in 1847 by Windele, and subsequently, 'having been first wrecked by treasure-seekers in 1848, was completely broken up for metal by road-makers some 40 years later'. OSullivan/1996, 57: `Windele...recorded that, several months before his visit to it in 1848, the standing stones had been undermined by `treasure-seekers' and toppled over the other...Brash visited the site in 1872, by which time...the ogham stone was damaged, and a large flake had been knocked off its inscribed angle'. |
| Geology: | |
| Dimensions: | 3.05 x 1.07 x 0.86 (converted from Brash/1879) |
| Setting: | Lost (present 1848, missing 1888) |
| Location: | According to Macalister/1945, 213, this stone was completely destroyed by road-makers in this year. Macalister/1945, 213: `The monument having been first wrecked by treasure-seekers in 1848, was completely broken up for metal by road-makers some 40 years later'. |
| Form: | plain |
| Condition: | inc , inc Macalister/1945, 213: `The monument having first been wrecked by treasure-seekers in 1848, was completely broken up for metal by road-makers some 40 years later'. |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | none |
| Decorations: | no other decoration |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | ANMCRUNANMAQLUQIN Expansion: ANM CRUNAN MAQ LUQIN Macalister/1945 213 reading only McManus/1991 96 reading only |
| Orientation: | Indeterminate |
| Position: | n/a ; arris ; n/a ; undivided |
| Incision: | inc |
| Date: | 533 - 599 (McManus/1991) See McManus/1991, 80, 96--97. 500 - 700 (Ziegler/1994) See Ziegler/1994, 157, 200. |
| Language: | Goidelic (ogham) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | none |
| Legibility: | inc Macalister/1945, 214, citing Windele and Brash, states that the lettering on the stone was `in the best condition and all quite distinct and well cut'. |
| Lines: | 1 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |